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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Grasses, Sedges, Cattails, and Allies
  6. Grasses
  7. Oats
  8. Avena
  9. Animated Oat

species 2,938 observations

Animated Oat

Avena sterilis

Status
introduced
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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18 native animals
supported in the US
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Large Marsh Grasshopper, Sharp-headed Sharpshooter, English Grain Aphid, Rose Grain Aphid 17
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Armyworm Moth 1

Children

  • Winter Wild-oat

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Grasses and sedges
Plant type
Annual Ornamental grasses and sedges

From USDA PLANTS.

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